Hawkwood, Queensland
# Hawkwood, Queensland

Hawkwood is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Hawkwood had a population of 27 people.

## Geography

Auburn River National Park is in the north-east of the locality (25°43′12″S 151°03′11″E﻿ / ﻿25.7200°S 151.0531°E﻿ / -25.7200; 151.0531﻿ (Auburn River National Park)) extending into neighbouring Dykehead. Other protected areas in the locality are Delembra State Forest in the north-east of the locality (25°44′12″S 150°59′18″E﻿ / ﻿25.7368°S 150.9882°E﻿ / -25.7368; 150.9882﻿ (Delembra State Forest)) and Koko State Forest in the south (25°58′06″S 150°52′15″E﻿ / ﻿25.9683°S 150.8708°E﻿ / -25.9683; 150.8708﻿ (Koko State Forest)) which extends into neighbouring Kragra.

Excluding the protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

Hawkwood has the following mountains:

* Mount Redhead in the east of the locality (25°50′16″S 150°54′34″E﻿ / ﻿25.8378°S 150.9094°E﻿ / -25.8378; 150.9094﻿ (Mount Redhead)) 490 metres (1,610 ft) above sea level
* Mount Saul near the centre of the locality (25°50′47″S 150°48′35″E﻿ / ﻿25.8464°S 150.8096°E﻿ / -25.8464; 150.8096﻿ (Mount Saul)) 320 metres (1,050 ft) above sea level

Hawkwood Road is the major route through the locality, entering from the north-west (Dykehead) and exiting to the south-west (Auburn).

## History

In the 2016 census Hawkwood had a population of 27 people.

## Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:

* Hawkwood (25°46′31″S 150°48′42″E﻿ / ﻿25.7753°S 150.8117°E﻿ / -25.7753; 150.8117﻿ (Hawkwood (homestead)))
* Hillgrove (25°56′08″S 150°43′22″E﻿ / ﻿25.9356°S 150.7229°E﻿ / -25.9356; 150.7229﻿ (Hillgrove (homestead)))
* Well Station (25°53′43″S 150°55′48″E﻿ / ﻿25.8953°S 150.9301°E﻿ / -25.8953; 150.9301﻿ (Well Station (homestead)))

## Transport

Hawkwood Airstrip is near the Hawkwood homestead (25°46′21″S 150°48′24″E﻿ / ﻿25.7725°S 150.8068°E﻿ / -25.7725; 150.8068﻿ (Hawkwood Airstrip)).

